Color Me Entertained Trivia Quiz

Answer: Yellow

Formed in 1996, Coldplay features Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, and Will Champion as band members as well creative director Phil Harvey. Released in the year 2000, "Yellow" was the first Coldplay song to reach the top five in the United Kingdom and is considered the band's breakthrough hit internationally.

The song was nominated for Grammy Awards for both Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance, but failed to win either category. However, the song was featured on the album "Parachutes," which won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album.

Answer: Brown

The third film by Quentin Tarantino, "Jackie Brown" is a homage to blaxploitation films from the 1970s. Pam Grier stars as the title character, a flight attendant who uses her job to help a criminal (Samuel L. Jackson) smuggle money. When law enforcement catches onto the scheme, Jackie is forced to find a way out of a situation where she seems destined either to go jail or be killed.

The stellar supporting cast also includes Michael Keaton, Robert De Niro, Bridget Fonda, and Robert Forster. Forster receiver his first Academy Award nomination for the film.

Answer: Indigo

Amy Ray and Emily Saliers first met at the same elementary school Georgia. In 1985, they formed the folk group named Indigo Girls. In 1990, their album "Indigo Girls" won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Recording. They also "lost" the Grammy for Best New Artist to Milli Vanilli, who later had their reward revoked when it was discovered the band didn't actually sing the songs on the records.

In addition to a long and successful music career, the band is also know for political activism for LGBT rights and other causes.

Answer: Red

"The Red Badge of Courage" is the most famous work by author Stephen Crane. The title badge refers to a wound received by a solider in battle. The novel centers around a young soldier in the American Civil War who wants a war injury to "prove" his courage. Considered a major work of American literature, the novel has spawned multiple film adaptations since its 1895 publication.

Answer: Blue

Bing Crosby first sang the song "Blue Hawaii" back in 1937, but the song was perhaps most famously covered by Elvis Presley in 1961 for the movie of the same name. Elvis plays a young man recently released from the army who returns to Hawaii to serve as a tour guide and also finds some time for romance. Joan Blackman portrays his love interest and Angela Lansbury also stars in the film.

The soundtrack to the film was also hugely successful and spent 20 weeks atop the US Billboard charts.

Answer: Orange

One of the most controversial movies of all time, "A Clockwork Orange" was directed by film icon Stanley Kubrick based off the novel by Anthony Burgess. It's vivid depiction of sexual violence led to the movie receiving an X rating and being censored or banned by some countries.

The movie follows a violent criminal portrayed by Malcolm McDowell who is eventually captured and jailed for his crimes. He enters into an aversion therapy where he's forced to watch violent crimes set to music. The therapy leaves him totally disgusted by violence to the point of sickness.

The film leaves the viewer very uneasy and questioning whether aversion therapy actually works.

Answer: White

The White Stripes was a rock band based out of Detroit, Michigan, active from 1997 to 2011. Although married to each other, Jack and Meg White initially pretended to be brother and sister. The couple divorced in 2000, but played together as a band for another 11 years The group won six Grammy Awards during their tenure in the rock and alternative music categories.

Answer: Black

"Black Beauty" was published in 1877 and was unique in that the story was narrated by the horse Black Beauty. The book includes times in horses in life when the horse was working pulling cabs, as well as times in the horse's life when he was free to roam the country.

The book was a landmark in protesting animal cruelty. The book has been adapted into several movie versions and a theatrical production.

Answer: Green

"Green Acres" was a television show starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor, based off an radio show. The premise the show involves two New York City dwellers re-locating to the rural town of Hooterville and adjusting to farm life. Much of the humor on the show involves the main character trying to adjust to a completely different life style.

This includes interacting with Arnold, one of the neighbor's pig who is treated like an actual child- attending school, watching television, and capable of understanding English.

Answer: Violet

"A Series of Unfortunate Events" is a series of thirteen books published between 1999 and 2006 and follows the trials of three orphaned children who are forces to live with their villainous relative. Violet is the oldest of the three children of her family, along with brothers Klaus and Sonny.

The wildly popular books have been adapted into a movie, video game, and a Netflix television series. The books are written by author Mark Handler under the pseudonym Lemony Snicket. Snicket is also the fictional narrator of the books.